Ever wondered who really runs your corner dairy? This doco spills the chai.
Dashing down to the local dairy has long been a Kiwi institution. This documentary examines the evolution of the dairy and the impact it has had on migrants looking to find their place in New Zealand.
Writing
Jacob Rajan's narration is warm, wry, and perfectly pitched.
Production
Intimate access to families who rarely get the spotlight.
Director
Melanie Rakena
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'dairy' is uniquely Kiwi—unlike Australia's milk bars or Britain's cornershops, it carries specific post-colonial migration patterns, particularly South Asian entrepreneurs who transformed 1980s dairy ownership.
Director Melanie Rakena deliberately avoided supermarkets entirely; every frame reinforces that these family shops operate in a parallel economy with shrinking margins and exploding lottery reliance.
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